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"He is a bit in the Sir Gino bracket as he won his only start in France therefore we had to go on with him. He is just a beautiful horse. I know there has been all this hype about him, but it has certainly not been coming from our pockets. It seems as if it was more right than wrong and it was lovely to see it. I think we have got a lot to look forward to.
“I read things about him doing a piece of work with Jonbon and that he left Jonbon standing still. Well they have never worked together!
“I thought he was fancing a complete brick wall there with the weight we were trying to give away against some very high class horses. It looked like an impossible task. Having said that, Nico said he was very classy and very good. He jumps and travels, and has pace. He is just a very straightforward horse.
A very happy Lulamba team
“I was prepared to get beaten today with all the hype and this, that and other, but you have to eat humble pie here as the hype appears to be correct. It is not something you want these horses being hyped up as you are putting the pressure on yourselves and therefore everybody wants to knock you down.
“He is a gorgeous looking horse. You see him standing there and he is just looking out there with this great look of a horse that wants to go somewhere.
“He has had two runs now so you have got that advantage. Do you go again, well you are not going to go to Cheltenham next weekend. There is the Adonis at Kempton, but that comes quite close to Cheltenham. I’ve got another juvenile to come out so we will see. It didn’t look like he needed another run to me as he looked like he knew exactly what he was doing.
“I would have thought why not do that (and send him to a racecourse gallop at Kempton Park) as he got to keep working. He has been fit to run for a week as he was due to run last weekend.
“We have got Palladium in our pocket and he has a couple of entries this week so that could be pressure. They are at two different stages though. This lad will be a chaser and the idea is that Palladium will be a stallion when this lad is jumping fences.”
Of the runner-up Mondo Man Josh Moore, joint-trainer, said: “He jumped very well and was professional, but he was just a bit too gassy the first time they came around. We haven’t taken him away anywhere so he has run well.
"He is used to running in Group Ones on the Flat so things happen a bit quicker. One day William Buick rode him at Royal Ascot and he walked him out completely last and he stayed on strong at the finish.
"Perhaps we should have been dead last down the paint and relaxed off there instead of eyeballing horses, but he has run well. He has obviously got speed, but this is a different discipline and hopefully he will learn that gradually. We are not disappointed at all as we know we have run against a good horse.”
"He’ll go to Cheltenham, I just put him in in Ireland as a back-up in case anything happened at Cheltenham really," said Owen.
"He’s training great, we love him at home. He had a bit of a break after his last run because there were no real races for him, this was the plan to run here and then bounce into the Triumph.
"The competition is getting stronger the closer we get to the Triumph, but I wouldn’t swap him and I’m hoping he can put himself right back in the picture on Saturday."
Lulamba has usurped East India Dock as Triumph Hurdle favourite, although that horse, a useful stayer on the Flat, has almost certainly achieved more, and we know he’s an extremely proficient leaper. He got a Jump Index score of 7.3 when winning on his hurdling bow at Wincanton and was awarded a lofty 8.9 when bolting up at Cheltenham next time out. To add some context, Majborough only got an 8.1 when landing the Triumph Hurdle last season, when Kargese (8.7) managed the best score in the race.
So, in summary, Lulamba made a taking impression at Ascot but a best price of 7-4 for the Triumph looks skinny. At this stage, the 13-2 on offer about East India Dock makes much more appeal.
Lulamba has usurped East India Dock as Triumph Hurdle favourite, although that horse, a useful stayer on the Flat, has almost certainly achieved more, and we know he’s an extremely proficient leaper. He got a Jump Index score of 7.3 when winning on his hurdling bow at Wincanton and was awarded a lofty 8.9 when bolting up at Cheltenham next time out. To add some context, Majborough only got an 8.1 when landing the Triumph Hurdle last season, when Kargese (8.7) managed the best score in the race.
So, in summary, Lulamba made a taking impression at Ascot but a best price of 7-4 for the Triumph looks skinny. At this stage, the 13-2 on offer about East India Dock makes much more appeal.
Just to bring everyone down to earth a bit......
Happy to be shot down on this, but I just couldn't have EID. We've seen time and time again, early season form gets turned on its head more often than not.
Not one horse has come out of EID's Cheltenham race and ran close since, in a half decent level of race and I'd say plenty were happy to not get too close also.
I know he bolted up that day, but so did Burdett Road prior to him being spat out by Sir Gino, and for the ratings people, Lulamba achieved 2lbs higher RPR than Sir Gino did on his respective English debut
We'll see a little more of EID this weekend in the Triumph Trial, but another win wouldn't deter my opinion of him right now, as he's running against a fresh Sauvignon, Stencil who is mark hunting and the 450k Mambo
Happy to be shot down on this, but I just couldn't have EID. We've seen time and time again, early season form gets turned on its head more often than not.
Not one horse has come out of EID's Cheltenham race and ran close since, in a half decent level of race and I'd say plenty were happy to not get too close also.
I know he bolted up that day, but so did Burdett Road prior to him being spat out by Sir Gino, and for the ratings people, Lulamba achieved 2lbs higher RPR than Sir Gino did on his respective English debut
We'll see a little more of EID this weekend in the Triumph Trial, but another win wouldn't deter my opinion of him right now, as he's running against a fresh Sauvignon, Stencil who is mark hunting and the 450k Mambo
So you don’t like him because of what you have seen before with other horses?
And even if he does similar this weekend to his first run?
So you don’t like him because of what you have seen before with other horses?
And even if he does similar this weekend to his first run?
No that's not what I'm saying
That's one reason I wouldn't get carried away with the individual performance from Cheltenham though.
If he wins in the same manner as he did LTO, sure that would impressive, but the horses' he is against all have small question marks over them, whether that is potential plots, seasonal/Eng debuts etc...
I've given up on the Triumph. Backed Stencil, Murcia and Willy on the back of FOMO and decided to leave Lulamba as I'd had enough so I'm a free man now to have a dig at everyone
I've given up on the Triumph. Backed Stencil, Murcia and Willy on the back of FOMO and decided to leave Lulamba as I'd had enough so I'm a free man now to have a dig at everyone
That's one reason I wouldn't get carried away with the individual performance from Cheltenham though.
If he wins in the same manner as he did LTO, sure that would impressive, but the horses' he is against all have small question marks over them, whether that is potential plots, seasonal/Eng debuts etc...
Ok mate, I understand
No worries
Be interesting to see how he does at the weekend
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